SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sometimes you just need a quick trip to the beach. But as an American without a passport - mine had been stolen - I had limited options for an easy but interesting getaway.
I decided to try Puerto Rico. The island, which is a U.

DENVER - In 2010, the price of walk-up, single-day lift ticket at Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts topped $100. Aspen quickly followed suit, and ticket prices at resorts across the country have consistently increased in the years since.

BANGKOK - With its fluorescent bulbs and cafeteria-style tables, the Bangkok restaurant Raan Jay Fai wouldn't win any awards for interior decorating.
But that hasn't deterred Martha Stewart, one of the restaurant's many fans.

The sight that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen what became the national anthem? A giant American flag above Baltimore's Fort McHenry on Sept. 14, 1814, signaling the city's rebuff of the mighty British navy during the War of 1812.

A very pregnant Juliana Berger took a five-day trip with her husband and didn't speak to him once.
They weren't fighting. They were attending a silent retreat.
Berger, 33, a web developer, had attended a number of silent retreats over the past decade.

Nothing beats the impact of your first trip to Times Square. It's a must-visit destination for visitors, a place of larger-than-life establishments and illuminated billboards. Even jaded and die-hard New Yorkers are drawn to the energy there.

SANTA FE, N.M. - Santa Fe's famed summer market season opened this weekend with the International Folk Market, the world's largest folk art market and one dedicated to helping artisans from impoverished nations start their own businesses.